Holding Water
by Fred Piscop
Across

1. Major composition
5. Out of kilter
10. Some roll call votes
14. Goat cheese
15. Alfalfa's "Our Gang" heartthrob
16. Donuts, mathematically
17. Mellow brass
19. Bean grown for sprouts
20. Metallic quality
21. "Yer dern __!"
23. XXX part
26. LAX posting
27. Locales for sedges and reeds
28. Temptress's asset
30. The haves have it
31. Like an epee's point
32. Shrewd
33. Gave a thumbs-up to
36. Reply to "Shall we?"
37. Bulgaria's capital
38. On the briny
39. SASE, e.g.
40. Bird in a Poe classic
41. Bishop's topper
42. One with a cure
44. Instigate
45. Dry as a desert
47. Bert Bobbsey's twin
48. Guitar innovator __ Paul
49. Was gaga over
50. Burger unit
52. Rhett Butler's last word
53. Vacation spot on the shore
58. James, winner of a posthumous Pulitzer
59. Houston pro
60. Pipe problem
61. The Virgin Is., e.g.
62. Make even shorter, say
63. MacLachlan of "Twin Peaks"

Down

1. On vacation
2. __ capita income
3. Beehive State tribesman
4. __ serif
5. Stick like glue
6. Bill, host of "Real Time"
7. One of a set of clubs
8. Camera type, briefly
9. __ winds (California phenomenon)
10. Maximally
11. Lodging for young travelers
12. Banks in Cooperstown
13. Coaches give them
18. Visual aid in a presentation
22. Airport that serves Paris
23. Postpone, as a motion
24. Partner of Burns
25. Bobby Thomson's 1951 blast, notably
27. "__ Black" (1997 sci-fi

spoof)
29. Young __ (tykes)
30. Piece of Necco candy
32. Witches' group
34. New Hampshire college town
35. Feathered missiles
37. Restaurant area with a sneeze guard
38. Align the cross hairs
40. Like proverbial hen's teeth
41. Billing period, often
43. One bringing home the bacon
44. Sailor's measure of depth
45. Nobelist with Begin
46. Pithy saying
47. Mollusk shell material
50. Garden walkway
51. The "sun" in "sunnyside up"
54. Language suffix
55. One-eighty
56. __ ammoniac
57. __ out (barely make)

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